Oxypselaphus obscurus (Herbst, 1784) is a animal in the Carabidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Oxypselaphus obscurus (Herbst, 1784)

Oxypselaphus obscurus (Herbst, 1784)

Oxypselaphus obscurus is a black-bodied, yellow-legged beetle from the Carabidae family present in most of Europe.

Family
Genus
Oxypselaphus
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Oxypselaphus obscurus (Herbst, 1784)

Oxypselaphus obscurus is a species of beetle belonging to the family Carabidae. It can be found across most of Europe; the European countries and territories where it does not occur are Albania, Andorra, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Monaco, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, and Vatican City. Individuals of this species are black, with yellow legs.

Photo: (c) Nikolai Vladimirov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nikolai Vladimirov · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Oxypselaphus

More from Carabidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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